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The price of copper is back up to $3-dollars a pound and copper wire theft in the east valley is hurting local growers. For more than 30 years, when a water well or pump in the east valley needed repair, Jesse McKeever fixed it. He’s a busy man these days. Local farmers call him once

A passenger bound to Portland, Ore., was arrested at Palm Springs International Airport on Tuesday after security agents found what appeared to be a loaded semi-automatic gun in his carry-on bag. Transportation Security Administration officers said they found the loaded handgun in a bag belonging to a 71-year-old man as it was passing through security

June Bulnes es la presentadora del clima para KUNA Noticias, Telemundo 15. Su pasin por las noticias comenz desde muy chica. Le encanta aprender acerca de los fenmeno naturales y pronosticar las condiciones climticas para el Valle de Coachella. Se gradu con honores de la facultad de Periodismo y Comunicacin en la Universidad del Estado

Hernn Quintas actualmente es presentador y reportero para Kuna Noticias Telemundo 15 a las 6 pm y 11 pm de lunes a viernes. Adems es reportero para KESQ Canal 3 filial de la cadena ABC en el Valle de Coachella. Antes de llegar al Valle de Coachella, Hernn trabaj en KUVS Univisin 19 en Sacramento,

El aspirante a la candidatura republicana a la presidencia Rick Santorum anunci su retiro de la contienda. El ex senador por Pensilvania, catlico y aspirante favorito entre los sectores ms conservadores del partido republicano convoc una rueda de prensa en Gettysburg para anunciar su decisin. Santorum figuraba hasta ahora en segundo lugar, por detrs del

Un pasajero con destino a Portland, Oregon fue arrestado esta maana de martes en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Palm Springs cuando agentes de seguridad encontraron un arma semi-automtica en su equipaje de mano mientras esperaba abordar el vuelo 591 de Alaska Airlines. Se trata de un seor de 71 aos de edad quien manifest a

For years, parishioners at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mecca have worshipped inside the walls of a tent-like structure. However, the church’s pastor Rev. Javier Escobar, said come 2015 the permit will expire and the place where thousands come to worship will have to come down. A new building would cost the congregation, which is

Desert Best Friend?s Closet est regalando vestidos para el PROM a jovencitas del Valle de Coachella. Para poder obtener un vestido para el baile la chica tiene que registrarse al 760-776-9975 o enviar un correo electrnico a promdress@bfcloset.org. La estudiante debe proveer nombre y apellido, nombre de la escuela, nmero de celular o correo electrnico

El DSUSD anuncio que de hoy 10 de Abril al 15 de Junio estarn realizando inscripciones para los pequeos de Kindergarden. Los nios deben haber cumplido 5 aos a ms tardar el 1ro de Noviembre 2012. La documentacin a presentar es prueba de residencia, de nacimiento, tutora legal y vacunas. Hay 10 planteles escolares en

Las autoridades continan investigando para dar con los asesinos de tres personas que el pasado domingo murieron en Coachella en dos incidentes por separado pero a solo una milla de distancia uno del otro. La polica guarda celosamente detalles para no entorpecer las pesquisas aunque dicen que los crmenes no estn relacionados entre si. Los

Nearly 65 players put their golf swing to the test in the Bionic Golf Tournament at the Classic Club in Palm Desert on Monday. The golfers weren’t exactly the “bionic” man or woman from the 1970’s television shows, but Dr. Raj Sinha from S.T.A.R Orthopaedics says bionic athletes are those who get artificial joints from

People started the day with a reminder of what the holiday is truly about. “It puts hope in every person who will put their faith in Christ, so there’s no doubt, no fear, no more pain. Although we still have suffering and hurt, we have certainty of his presence,” Our Savior Church pastor David Sanger

The action in the hotel may draw people into the white party, but outside the walls of the Renaissance, there is still more to see and do. “We have a very diverse crowd. Families, people here for the White Party and also just for vacation,” Ace Hotel general manager Jason Dibler said. Local businesses said

Detectives began Monday investigating the death of a man found injured after an assault on Sunday evening, authorities said. Coachella police officers were dispatched to the 85000 block of Hill Drive at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in response to reports of an assault, said Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Erickson. The victim was transported to a

A Southern California convenience store clerk who refused to sell a bottle of beer has been attacked by an enraged customer. Costa Mesa police say the California Stop clerk told 46-year-old Teresa Aguayo on Sunday afternoon that the store doesn’t sell individual 12-ounce bottles of beer. The Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/HuaLRD ) says Aguayo then

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Riverside County Sheriff’s Department continued their investigation of a deadly Easter Sunday in Coachella. Two men were shot and killed early Sunday morning. Officers from the Coachella Police Department were dispatched to a “shots fired” call in the 52000 block of Calle Camacho. When they arrived, the officers found the two Hispanic males shot and

Hoy el departamento del polica de Indio, miembros del consejo de esta misma localidad y el Comit Latino anunciaron el cese del programa Operacin “Stonegarden” en la ciudad de Indio. El programa obtiene sus fondos federales con el propsito de reforzar la seguridad en zonas fronterizas de la nacin. No obstante lideres comunitarios aseguran que

El Distrito de Control de Mosquitos y Vectores en el Valle de Coachella recibi la confirmacin del primer mosquito infectado con el Virus del Nilo Oriental en la regin durante el 2012. El especmen fue encotrado en el rea de Oasis, cercano a la Avenida 81 y la Expressway 86 en la ciudad de Thermal.

Tres personas fueron asesinadas durante el Domingo de Pascua. Dos de ellas, en la manzana 52-000 de la calle Camacho Way cerca de las 4:30 de la maana. Agentes encontraron a dos hombres de ascendencia hispana con heridas de bala y murieron al parecer en el lugar de los hechos. Hasta el momento, no est